359. The 125th Anniversary International System Day Event
HAPPY 125TH INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM DAY! CANADA * DUBLIN * LONGS, SC * AMES, IOWA * FAYETTESVILLE, NC * MONTANA * NEAR YOSEMITE, CA * LAS VEGAS * MISSION, KANSAS * IRELAND * LUGANO, SWITZERLAND * FREDERICKSBURG, VA * HAVELOCK, NC * EIFEL, GERMANY * USA * CENTRAL VALLEY, CA * METRO DETROIT * NORMAN, OKLAHOMA * MICHIGAN * SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA * PIEDMONT, NC * AUSTRALIA * HEREFORD, UK * WYOMING * BAKERSFIELD, CA * OREGON CITY, OREGON * ASHEVILLE, NC * VIRGINIA * CZECHOSLOVAKIA * OKLAHOMA HINTERLANDS * CHICAGO * TEXAS * ST. PETERSBURG, FL * BOISE, IDAHO * KINGWOOD, TX * KAVALA, GREECE Greetings to you from wherever you are across the world and welcome to the 125th Anniversary System Day Event. I hope you'll have time for a pipe or maybe two or three today or in the days to come to relax and enjoy the company of Pete Geeks from the four corners of the globe. Rath Dé ort! Mark System Day 2023 Tobacco Mat A Marlowe Sharp, Canada A Nod to Sherlock Holmes - (who retired to beekeeping) When the challenge was gone, the mystery was solved and Lestrade was left to solve crime He retired to the country to tend to his hives, not quite the razor sharp mind. But he thought - yes he did, and he pondered the bees; a System of order, and yes I think were it made at the time of this sleuth, he’d companion a small 20S. Then as his bees scoured the blooms for sweet nectar to find, like birds that flocked to the feeder He’d surely be packing the neat little bowl with a pinch of fresh Squadron Leader. After checking the queens were safely in place, by noon I’d hazard a guess, He would have a light snack, put fire to the leaf and sit back for an hour of rest. A fire returns in the depths of his mind as he returns his pipe to the mantle Watson and Mycroft, Mrs. Hudson and Squire, and warmly, the Bohemian Scandal His eyes grow heavy, sleep comes with ease and the ghosts, (for now) kept at bay, Holmes pulls up the sheets, turns out lights, an end to a good System Day. Ed. Note: And for all who haven’t seen it, Mr. Holmes: The Man Behind the Myth (2015), starring Ian McKellen, is required viewing. And Marlowe is quite right: Holmes did smoke a 20s in his retirement, among other K&P Systems. More on how we know this soon. Bruno Fiori, Dublin As you can see, I’ll be smoking my SH Lestrade for System Day. Gianluigi Fiori, who I take care of, has modified my Lestrade with a reservoir, so it qualifies, as I understand it, to be a “System.” Tobacco? Probably St. Bruno. Place? At Gianluigi’s side, making sure he doesn’t burn another hole in the sofa. Time? Hmmm. . . . sometime System Day, right? Gianluigi Fiori, Dublin (Peterson Shop,…